Eyal Maoz Artur Raviv Ithai Stern
Ono Academic College
Associate Dean for Teaching and the Curriculum, Faculty
of Business, Ono Academic College. Doctor of Philosophy
(Ph.D.) in Marketing from Northwestern University, Kellogg
School of Management.
Areas of Expertise: marketing strategy, new product
development and marketing research. Northwestern University INSEAD
Alan E. Peterson Distinguished Professor of Finance. Ph.D.
from Northwestern University. Areas of Expertise: corporate
finance, economics of uncertainty, informational economics
and industrial organization. Professor of Management and Organizations. Ph.D.
from the University of Texas at Austin. Areas of Expertise:
strategic choices, corporate governance, organizational
evolution, diversification, and inter-organizational alliances
in technology-intensive industries.
Mohanbir Sawhney
Gal Oestreicher-singer
Tel Aviv University
Professor of Management of Technology and Information
Systems Department. Ph.D. in Business Administration
from New York University. Areas of Expertise: the effects
of social media, consumer engagement and peer influence
on electronic commerce outcomes and on the business
models of content websites.
Northwestern University Brian Uzzi
Clinical Professor of Marketing, Director of the Center
for Research in Technology & Innovation. Ph.D. in
Marketing from the Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania. Areas of Expertise: entertainment marketing,
high-tech marketing, information technology, marketing
management, media marketing, technology. Northwestern University
Professor of Management and Associate Professor of
Sociology. Ph.D. in Sociology from the State University of
New York at Stony Brook. Areas of Expertise: behavioral
finance, creativity and innovation, innovation, social media,
social networks.
Izhar Shay
Professor of Finance. Ph.D. from the University of
Pennsylvania. Areas of Expertise: corporate finance, capital
structure, dividend policy, portfolio management, valuation,
value-based management. A Managing General Partner with Canaan Partners Israel,
a venture capital firm focused on investments in early
stage technology companies. Izhar targets investments
in mobile, digital media, internet, communications and
software and he is a board member of some of them.
B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering from the Technion-Israel
Institute of Technology.
Beppino Pasquali Jeroen Swinkels
Aharon (Roni) Ofer
Tel Aviv University
York University
Northwestern University
Canadian Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA).
Areas of Expertise: accounting and taxation for small to
medium sized companies. He advises clients in achieving
growth and shareholder value.
Richard M. Paget Professor of Management Policy. Ph.D.
from Princeton. Areas of Expertise: contract theory,
economic theory, economics of organizations, game theory,
information economics.
Leigh Thompson
Northwestern University
J. Jay Gerber Distinguished Professor of Dispute Resolution
and Management. Ph.D. in Negotiator Behavior, Emotion
and Creativity from Northwestern University. Areas
of Expertise: creativity and innovation, cross-cultural
negotiations, group decision-making, group dynamics,
innovation, leading high-impact teams, negotiations,
psychology teams.
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